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Travel Guides
Maps & Atlases
Wildlife and
Flora
History & Politics
People & Culture
Other Books
& Novels
Travel
Guides
FootPrint Handbook 2009 Namibia
(amazon.com) - USA (amazon.co.uk) - Europe
provides fantastic coverage of
all the national parks and their incredible wildlife, including a 32-page
wildlife guide. It includes detailed maps and listings to help you explore and
get around, from the Skeleton Coast to Naukluft Park and the world's largest
sand dunes. It provides accommodation listings for those with a sense of
adventure - from bush camps to B&Bs. It offers great coverage on all the
diverse activities on offer, including sandboarding and safaris, ballooning and
bush hiking. It features a new lightweight, durable format.
Namibia (Globetrotter Travel Pack)
(amazon.com) - USA (amazon.co.uk) - Europe
Provides a visitor with an
invaluable introduction to Namibia by concisely highlighting the region's 'must
see' areas in a practical and user-friendly format, thus encouraging the
tourist to make the most of his/her available time. All the essential
information you need to get around an unfamiliar region is compacted into
useful and practical 'At-a-Glance' sections at the end of each chapter. The
fold-out map of Namibia is ideal for tourists and visitors. In addition to the
main map of Namibia, which highlights scenic routes, it features 3 detailed
area maps and 5 town plans.
Namibia (Footprint
Travel Guide S.)
(amazon.com) - USA (amazon.co.uk)- Europe
by Lizzie Williams
Includes
Highlights map showing the best sights. Helps you stay ahead of the game in
Namibia's national parks. Includes 32 pages of brilliant colour wildlife
photography. Adventure tourism for incorrigible adrenaline junkies and relaxed
ambiers alike
Lonely Planet: Namibia ((25
January, 2002)
(amazon.com) - USA (amazon.co.uk)- Europe
by Deanna Swaney
A new
released travel guide to the African state of Namibia. It explores the dunes,
the ghost towns and the shipwrecks of the southern coast. Hiking opportunities
are detailed and the wildlife section zeros in on Namibia's varied fauna. There
are tips on overland travel through Zambia to Victoria Falls.
Namibia: The Bradt Travel Guide
(amazon.com) - USA (amazon.co.uk)- Europe
by Chris McIntyre
The Bradt
Guide has great detail about Namibia. It presents a comprehensive review with
some recently updated information. It is the kind of guide that one would bring
in touring the country. Good information about the sites and places to stay, as
well as good detailed local maps make this a useful guide, particularly for
those not traveling on an organized tour.
Namibia
- Culture Smart!: a quick guide to customs and culture
(amazon.com) - USA (amazon.co.uk)- Europe
(Paperback) by Sharri Whiting
(Author)
provides essential information on attitudes, beliefs and behavior
in different countries, ensuring that you arrive at your destination aware of
basic manners, common courtesies, and sensitive issues.
Adventuring in Southern Africa : Botswana, Zimbabwe,
Zambia, Namibia, South Africa, Malawi, Lesotho, and Swaziland (1st
Edition)
(amazon.com) - USA (amazon.co.uk)- Europe
- by Allen Bechky
well
researched book and in-depth book that reviews all the parks, animals, flora,
and areas of Southern Africa containing all the "need to know" information.
Namibia : The Independent Traveler's
Guide
(amazon.com) - USA (amazon.co.uk)- Europe
by Scott Bradshaw, Lucinda
Bradshaw (Contributor)
A comprehensive guide, organized by region,
covering all the practical details of travel in Namibia for the adventurous
budget or luxury traveler. A basic background on the people and history of the
country is provided. (Booknews, Inc. , March 1, 1995)
Lonely Planet Zimbabwe, Botswana & Namibia (3rd
Ed)
(amazon.com) - USA
by Deanna Swaney
Visitors' Guide to Namibia
(amazon.com) - USA
by Willie Olivier, Sandra
Oliver
How to Get There, What to See, Where to Stay (Visitors' Guides)
Guide to Namibia
(Maps Worldwide)
Published by BRADT Publications Series
Country Guides Paperback
for adventurous travellers who seek new and
little known destinations and who value up-to-date information, accuracy and
good writing. - colour illustrated
Namibia
Handbook
(Maps Worldwide)
Published by Footprint Handbooks
Series Footprint Handbooks Hardback
contains practical information to get
around and explore Namibia, a wild and uninhabited area of southern Africa. It
has been written by a team of Africa enthusiasts who have lived, worked and
studied in Namibia for several years. The coverage of the guide is
broadly-based encompassing both the widely-spread, established sights such as
the Etosha game reserve in the north and the Fish River Canyon in the south, as
well as many less well-known areas of interest.; It include details on how to
get around the Etosha game reserve; background information on culture, history
and the German colonial legacy on the Atlantic coast; information on how to
hike the 6-day Fish River Canyon trial; what to take and what to leave behind;
and how to explore and understand the Namib-Naukluft desert - an area of
grandeur and fascination.
This is
Namibia
(Maps Worldwide)
Published by Struik Publishers (Pty)
Ltd Series This Is... Hardback
a photographic journey through Namibia, with
captions providing information on the areas depicted. A profile of the country
appears in the introduction with concise text describing Namibia's regions,
people, towns, wilderness areas, historical background and government and
economy.
Maps & Atlases
Globetrotter Road Atlas of Namibia
(Maps Worldwide)
Published by New Holland Publishers (U
Series Globetrotter Travel Atlases
part of a series of practical road
atlases featuring precise cartographic information incorporating all the
visitor may need to know. The text is complemented by detailed maps which
highlight scenic routes, national parks, and places of interest. Important
areas and popular visitor destinations are enlarged for easy identifacation and
accompanied by colour photographs, climate tables and distance charts.
Globetrotter Travel Map of Namibia
(Maps Worldwide)
Published by New Holland Publishers
(U Series Globetrotter Travel Maps Sheet map
A map of Namibia which caters
specifically for the needs of tourists and visitors. Special features include:
nature reserves, parks and places of interest; highlighted scenic routes; town
maps of major tourist centres, including hotels; and legends in English, French
and German
Namibia
(Maps Worldwide)
Published by Map Studio Series
Eazimaps Sheet map
Designed with the tourist in mind, this map of Namibia
covers cities and towns, places of interest, border control posts, and district
road numbers.
Namibia International Travel
Maps
(Maps Worldwide)
Published by ITMB Publishing Ltd
Series Africa Sheet map English text
Publishing specialise in areas that
are interesting, exotic and off the beaten track - light, practical and should
be invaluable for the backpacker, traveller or tourist.
Namibia
(Maps Worldwide)
Published by Freytag & Berndt Maps
Series International Road Maps Sheet map
High quality road maps with place
name index. Index is in several languages.
Wildlife & Flora
Sands of Silence : On Safari in Namibia
(amazon.com) - USA (amazon.co.uk)- Europe
by Peter Hathaway Capstick
Sand and Fog : Adventures in Southern Africa
(amazon.com) - USA
by Jim Brandenburg, Joann Bren
Guernsey (Editor)
The animals, people, and starkly beautiful landscape of
the mysterious Namib Desert are captured in stunning photographs.
Life Strategies of Succulents in Deserts : With
Special Reference to the Namib Desert (Cambridge Studies in Ecology)
(amazon.com) - USA
by Dieter J. Von Willert, Benno M.
Eller
Much previously unpublished data on the physiological ecology of the
succulent flora of southern Africa is presented--the results of more than ten
years' work by the authors, both in the field and the laboratory. This new
information forms the basis for a better understanding of the water relations
and carbon balance of succulents during short and long term drought and leads
the authors to a new definition of succulence as a tool for the temporary
storage of water, essential for the conservation of physiological performance
during times of drought.
A Photographic Guide
to Birds of Namibia
(amazon.co.uk)- Europe
by I. Sinclair
History & Politics
Country Review, Namibia 1999/2000
(amazon.com) - USA
by Robert C. Kelly (Editor), Debra
Ewing (Editor), Stanton Doyle (Editor), Denise Youngblood (Editor)
concise, up-to-date sources for political and economic information
Allies in Apartheid : Western Capitalism in Occupied
Namibia
(amazon.com) - USA
by Allan D. Cooper (Editor
The Colonising Camera : Photographs in the Making of
Namibian History
(amazon.com) - USA (amazon.co.uk)- Europe
by Wolfram Hartmann (Editor),
Jeremy Silvester (Editor), Patricia Hayes (Editor)
The core of the book is
an exhibition of colonial photographs from Namibia, dating from the onset of
South African colonial rule. The exhibition is accompanied by commentaries
which explore the intertwined themes of photography and colonialism.
Land Filled With Flies : A Political Economy of
the Kalahari
(amazon.com) - USA (amazon.co.uk)- Europe
by Edwin N. Wilmsen
People & Culture
Heat,
Dust & Dreams (Namibia)
(Maps Worldwide) (amazon.co.uk)- Europe
Revealing the diverse and
beautiful landscape of Namibia, this book is an exploration of people and
environment in the Kumene region. Photographs and text illustrate the flora and
fauna, as well as the history and culture of the native peoples. An Exploration
of People and Environment in Kaokoland and Damaraland (Namibia)
Herero Heroes : A Socio-Political History of the
Herero of Namibia, 1890-1923
(amazon.com) - USA (amazon.co.uk)- Europe
by Jan-Bart Gewald
This
text describes the manner in which the Herero of Namibia struggled to maintain
control over their own freedom in the face of advancing German colonial
control. The Herero-German war led to the destruction of Herero society in all
of its pre-war facets. Yet Herero society re- emerged, re-organizing itself
around the structures and beliefs of the German colonial army and Rhenish
missionary activity
Namibia (Enchantment of the
World)
(amazon.com) - USA
by Jason Laure
Reading level:
Ages 9-12 School
Katutura : A Place Where We
Stay
(amazon.com) - USA (amazon.co.uk)- Europe
Life in a Post-Apartheid
Township in Namibia (Monographs in International Studies. Africa Series, No 65)
by Wade C. Pendleton
Fertility, Mortality
and Migration in Subsaharan Africa : The Case of Ovamboland in North Namibia,
1925-90
(amazon.com) - USA (amazon.co.uk)- Europe
by Veijo Notkola, Harri
Siiskonen
Pastoral Nomads of the Central
Namib Desert - The People History Forgot
(amazon.com) - USA
by John Kinahan
Beyond Inequalities: Women in Namibia
(amazon.co.uk)- Europe
by Eunice M. Iipinge, Debie
LeBeau
Other Books & Novels
Places in the Sand
(amazon.com) - USA (amazon.co.uk)- Europe
by Margaret Courtney-Clarke
(Photographer)
A stunning book of photographs taken in Sossusvlei,
Namibia. Having travelled and photographed the same dunes as in the book, I can
only offer my highest praises to this very talented photographer. If you have
ever wondered why somebody would travel to Namibia to see sand dunes, this book
will answer your questions!! (toddblake@mindspring.com from California ,
June 3, 1999)
Cry of the Kalahari
(amazon.com) - USA
by Mark Owens, Delia Owens
(Contributor), Delia Cwens
The Lost World of the
Kalahari
(amazon.com) - USA (amazon.co.uk)- Europe
by Laurens Van Der Post,
Laurens Vanderpost
The Kalahari
Environment
(amazon.com) - USA
by David S.G. Thomas, Paul A. Shaw
provides an integrated, thorough and up-to-date review of the nature and
development of the Kalahari, one of the world's largest inland desert regions;
an environment of great ecological and geomorphological diversity. Its complex
climatic and geological history and its long association with human societies
attempting to utilize its natural resources are aspects of increasing
scientific interest. The book has evolved from the authors' own research in the
Kalahari and attempts to provide explanations and answers to some of the many
questions raised about this region.
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